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- pronunciation:
- uhn
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
not required or essential; needless.
It's unnecessary to buy a new one if there's nothing wrong with the old one.The more expensive models have unnecessary features.- synonyms:
- inessential, needless, superfluous, unessential, unneeded
- antonyms:
- essential, necessary
- similar words:
- dispensable, expendable, extraneous, nonessential, otiose, supernumerary, surplus
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| related words: |
accidental, spare, waste |
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| derivation: |
unnecessarily (adv.) |
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